Suyab

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Suyab was an important ancient Silk Road city in Central Asia that served as a political and commercial center for various Turkic and other regional powers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Silk Road city
ancient city
archaeological site
capitalOf Turgesh Khaganate NERFINISHED
Western Turkic Khaganate NERFINISHED
controlledBy Kara-Khanid Khanate NERFINISHED
Karluks NERFINISHED
Tang dynasty NERFINISHED
Turgesh Khaganate NERFINISHED
Western Turkic Khaganate NERFINISHED
declinedAfterCentury 10th century
excavatedBy Soviet archaeologists
flourishedInCentury 6th century
7th century
8th century
9th century
garrisonedBy Tang dynasty NERFINISHED
hadPopulationGroup Chinese
Iranian peoples NERFINISHED
Sogdians NERFINISHED
Turkic peoples NERFINISHED
hasArchaeologicalRemainsOf fortifications
religious buildings
residential quarters
knownAs Sui-ye NERFINISHED
Suiyab NERFINISHED
Suiyeh NERFINISHED
locatedIn Central Asia
Chüy Valley NERFINISHED
locatedInPresentDay Kyrgyzstan NERFINISHED
locatedNear Tokmok NERFINISHED
locatedOn Chu River NERFINISHED
mentionedIn Chinese historical sources
nearbySite Ak-Beshim NERFINISHED
onTradeRouteBetween Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED
China NERFINISHED
Sogdia NERFINISHED
partOf Silk Road NERFINISHED
recognizedAs important Silk Road heritage site
religionPresent Buddhism
Manichaeism
Nestorian Christianity NERFINISHED
Tengrism NERFINISHED
Zoroastrianism NERFINISHED
servedAs commercial center
political center
timePeriod Early Middle Ages NERFINISHED

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Karluk tribes capital Suyab